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A paternalistic approach to capacity: who ‘controls’ when someone may take their own life?

Date:1 JUN 2023
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Caroline Shields, Park Square barristers
Emily Reed, Park Square barristers

Naomi McLoughlin, Park Square barristers

This article compares reported cases of anorexia sufferers who are assessed as lacking capacity (under the test in s 2(1) Mental Capacity Act 2005) to make decisions about their care and treatment; and the experience of some suicidal patients who have reportedly been told that they have capacity to take their own lives. The article considers whether the test for capacity influences the decisions made by care providers to recommend and/or provide treatment, and whether the requirement for a diagnostic test results in paternalistic capacity determinations


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